The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1929, Page 10

T By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) ‘Washington. March 25.—At a time when the Democratic party is com- monly supposed to have surrendered its ancient tariff position and the tariff boosters are again confident of another general boost, Cordell Hull has begun beating the drum to re- assemble his forces and prove that the Republican and Democratic tariff positions remain fundamentally different. His task will be very difficult. Too many Democratic congressmen now have industries in their districts which are clamoring for protection and are willing to trade with high Portectionist Republicans. Hui merely hopes that a majority of Democrats will be found fighting the tariff bill which is being framed by Republican leaders of the Ways and Means committee. Hull rises to leadership in a fight which no other Democratic leader has undertaken. There is something inspirational in the spectacle of this quiet, unassuming and altogether statesman like congressman from ‘Tennessee as he works for the cause that seems hopeless. He remarked to this writer the other day that he had averaged several hours a day study- ing the tariff problem for the last 20 years and still didn’t know very much about it. Yet he knows his subject ‘as well as anyone in Congress and is now convinced that higher tariff bar- riers will seriously affect America’s a as well as her foreigh re- ions. “Such a tariff bill as we expect ‘would challenge other nations to make reprisals,” he says. “These seekers after higher duties want to plug up all holes in the tariff wall and raise it higher so that they may raise prices. Our surpluses would be- come more menacing than ever. “Whenever you shut off an import you shut off an export. For the time being we can loan money abroad and 80 keep up our exports, but we can't go on piling up those loans forever. “Present tariff rates have already given us an embargo on nearly every- thing. Our imports are more than four billion dollars, most of which consists of noncompetitive raw ma- terials and less than 10 per cent of which is directly competitive. Foreign competition in the home market is very slight. “Of 356,000,000 acres planted in 1927, some 339,000,000 comprised staple crops that experience purely comes or no tariff benefits, but only should not find that the tariff injuries whole to the producers of these ‘(WASHINGTON 4 tude and that of “most Democrats,” he says: “The Republican administration would continue to build our tariff and commercial policy around the sole idea of safeguarding the home mar- ket, in the face of our actual or po- tential overproduction capacity of twenty to twenty-five billion dollars. We recognige the fact that this sur- plus producing capacity has become so great as to constitute an additional and dominant factor in determining our tariff and commercial policy. “They would adopt virtual em- bargo tariffs as a permanent policy, designed to eliminate even indirect and remote foreign competition. We recognize that tariff benefits cannot possibly be impartially distributed and must seriously affect surplus ex- ports and so bold that this country should gradually embrace a policy of moderate reasonably competitive tariffs designed to increase healthy production, maintain wages and find larger world markets. * * * They would make the trend of tariff revision always upward. We believe in a tariff and commercial policy calculated to avoid retaliation and promote a sounder domestic structure. The trend should be down- ward toward a moderate or compe- tive level, tariffs being reduced as domestic industries become self-sus; taining. “The Republican administration would flout and shunt aside all for- mulas and fact finding agencies, thus continuing the old, bad system of log rolling and political pressure under which beneficiaries will dictate new high duties on the pretext that do- mestic competition will keep prices at a reasonable level. “We believe revision should be based on facts and factors measuring our competitive strength with that of our rivals and that the facts should be carefully assembled and submitted to Congress by the ablest and most impartial fact finding commission that could be installed. “The Republicans would not only maintain but considerably enlarge the flexible tariff provision, thereby en- abling the president to change the whole objects and purposes of the tariff law enacted by Congress. We insist that the flexible tariff provi- sion should be speedily repealed, as it has oniy been used unfairly to revise tariffs upwards. “The Republican administration falsely pretends that there still re- main additional tariff benefits for agriculture which would substantially |. | aid farm relief. The opponents of that position solemnly warn American agriculture that as a whole it suffers far greater injuries than it derives from general high tariffs, because tariff aid to minor specialties is too slight to affect favorably the entire agricultural structure.” It is too early to suggest how many members of the house will line up with Hull against: the Republican tariff bill. ~ “What's the matter, Tony?” Crys- tal asked anxiously, when the two girls had been permitted to their room after luncheon. “You look like a that you can't run fast enough to get away from yourself.” Maybe!” Tony admitted with a shrug that hurt Crystal intolerably. “But I ought to be able to run fast neh to get away from Dick Tal- “Do—you—think Dick is—big enough, important enough to—to make Tony Tarver run?” Crystal asked, her words limping along mis- erably. “Of course I don't! Tony flared, running a distracted hand through her Byronic black hair and narrowing her blue eyes to slits to hide their expression from Crystal. “If I did, Td marry him and be just as big a fool over him as Cherry is over Nils— Faith over Bob, et cetra ad nauseum. Maybe I'll have to marry him to get over this—this torment!” “Cherry married her Dick ‘Talbot, . | Just to cure herself of him,” Crystal reminded Tony gently. “Crys, what do you think of Dick Talbot?—drat him!” “You know what I think of him,” Crystal protested. “I think he’s the handsomest male thing I ever saw in my life—on or off the screen, and . | that that is where he belongs—whole- saling his sex appeal instead of re- tailing it and driving you out of your wits. Also, that he’s not worth the filings from your littlest fingernail.” “Not the slightest,” Crystal an- swered positively. “Then—listen Crys! Do something Si me. Something big! Will you?” NEXT: Tony makes a quccr pro- posal. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) 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